The Energon Pub

There are few aspects of the G1 animation I'd like to catch, but is rather difficult, when you've not seen the show in over a decade, and you don't see too much of it. So which G1 episodes feature these?

• A very vocal Metroplex
• A more vocal Superion
• Bruticus talking a lot...less like 'Captain Caveman'.
• Defensor in action, with all five machines together.
• Blitzwing...other than Triple Takeover
• Astrotrain in all three alt-modes...other than Triple Takeover
• Blades in action...attacking
• Ramjet smashing things with his head (not getting smashed by Warpath).
• Comical Quintesson sequences.
• The Combat Deck in action

This is mostly off the top of my head, so it's far from exhaustive, but...

Arjun_M wrote:A very vocal Metroplex

He's a bit chatty in "Thief in the Night".

Arjun_M wrote:A more vocal Superion

Not very many at all... I want to say that the brief scene with him and Alpha Trion in "Forever is a Long Time Coming" is the closest you'll get.

Arjun_M wrote:Bruticus talking a lot...less like 'Captain Caveman'.

He doesn't talk like a caveman in his lines in "Fight or Flee" (though he's still not very bright).

Arjun_M wrote:Defensor in action, with all five machines together.

Pretty much all of his appearances, "BOT", "Carnage in C-Minor", "The Burden Hardest to Bear", "The Return of Optimus Prime 1". He's missing an arm in "The Ultimate Weapon", but that's a good ep for general Protectobot action.

Arjun_M wrote:Blitzwing...other than Triple Takeover

He gets some decent air time in "Cosmic Rust" and "Prime Target", though his shining eps are "Five Faces of Darkness" 3 & 5 (especially part 5).

Arjun_M wrote:Astrotrain in all three alt-modes...other than Triple Takeover

I'm actually having a hard time thinking of times where he uses his train mode... I think he does for a brief moment in the original movie.

Arjun_M wrote:Blades in action...attacking

I don't think there are any, sadly. Still waiting on a full-blown badass portrayal of Blades in canon, though his small part in Megatron Origins isn't bad. (I have seen an awesome fan comic page with him doin' the rotor-chucks, though.)

Arjun_M wrote:Ramjet smashing things with his head (not getting smashed by Warpath).

Blanking on this one, though I know there's gotta be some.

Arjun_M wrote:Comical Quintesson sequences.

Aren't they always comical? *ducks*

Arjun_M wrote:The Combat Deck in action

Blanking on this one, too... though it was probably in first season episodes if it was in any.

Arjun_M wrote:[*]The Combat Deck in action[/list]

"Attack of the Autobots" has some action from the Combat Deck.

Arjun_M wrote:A very vocal Metroplex

No, he's always pretty curt, sorry.

A more vocal Superion

Not happening, see above.

Bruticus talking a lot...less like 'Captain Caveman'.

"Fight or Flee", but I get the feeling he was drawn instead of someone else by mistake.

Defensor in action, with all five machines together.

"B.O.T." and "The Ultimate Weapon".
Feck, did I just recommend "B.O.T."? Shame on me.

Blitzwing...other than Triple Takeover

"The Five Faces of Darkness" (Part Five, I think)

Astrotrain in all three alt-modes...other than Triple Takeover

"The God Gambit", probably his best episode.

Blades in action...attacking

Not in the cartoon - but the Marvel Comics are good for it.

Ramjet smashing things with his head (not getting smashed by Warpath).

"A Decepticon Raider In King Arthur's Court". He headbutts a knight off its horse.

Comical Quintesson sequences.

"The Killing Jar"

The Combat Deck in action

"More Than Meets The Eye", "Fire In The Sky" and "Attack of the Autobots".